A baby camel was among a small menagerie that Indianapolis Animal Care and Control took into custody Tuesday after a Marion County judge ruled the Eastside property where they were being kept was not properly zoned for livestock.

The young camel stands a little more than 5 feet tall at the hump.

“It is probably the most exotic pet we’ve had at the shelter,” said Dawn Contos, the agency’s community outreach director.

The camel and other animals were taken into custody following a court hearing that had been triggered by a complaint in March about the care and condition of two miniature donkeys on the property in the 6900 block of East Washington Street, Contos said.

Animal Care and Control took custody of the two donkeys in March. At the hearing Tuesday, the judge ordered the owner to surrender all other animals, including the baby camel, still being kept on the property.

The menagerie also included two other miniature donkeys, two horses, four sheep, three pygmy goats, chickens and a peacock, Contos said.

Contos said she did not know where the owner obtained the camel or how old it is. She said it is weaned but does not have its full set of adult teeth.